Ticklepenny Lock Tf 351889

Ticklepenny Lock is a lock built in 1767 by John Grundy. It is constructed of red brick with limestone ashlar dressings, timber, and some cast iron. The lock chamber features four concave brick sections on either side, with timber posts that are now partially intact and exposed between each section. These posts are partly concealed by large ashlar blocks, and the tops of the chamber walls are capped with ashlar. At both ends, the original timber beams that supported the lock gates are still visible. The end sections of the embankment slope down to curved ends, which contain arched openings for overshoots. The third section to the west is now obscured by a 20th-century concrete road bridge that crosses the lock. Small fragments of iron fixtures from the lock gates remain. Navigation through the lock was abandoned in 1924.